New Opportunities in Vasopressin and Oxytocin Research: A Perspective from the Amygdala

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 38, Issue , 2015, Pages 369-388

  Stoop, Ron ^a   Hegoburu, Chloé ^a   Van Den Burg, Erwin ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Critical period; Epigenetic; Hypothalamus; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; BRAIN; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 84937389947     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: 15454126     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-neuro-071714-033904     Document Type: Article

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